Understanding matter at atom-crushing densities

(University of California - Davis) UC Davis will be part of a new Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures focusing on understanding the physics and astrophysical implications of matter under pressures so high that the structure of individual atoms is disrupted. The CMAP will be funded with $12.96 million from the NSF and hosted at the University of Rochester in collaboration with researchers at UC Davis; MIT; Princeton; the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Buffalo; and Lawrenc...